Out at the movies a history of gay cinema by Steven Paul Davies Foreword by Simon Callow 1842432915 9781842432914

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• ISBN-10: 1842432915
• ISBN-13: 9781842432914
• Author: Simon Callow 

Over the decades, gay cinema has reflected the community’s journey from persecution to emancipation to acceptance. Politicized dramas like Victim in the 1960s, The Naked Civil Servant in the 1970s, and the AIDS cinema of the 1980s have given way in recent years to films which celebrate a vast array of gay lifestyles. Gay films have undergone a major shift from the fringe to the mainstream—2005’s Academy Awards were dubbed “the gay Oscars” with statues going to Brokeback Mountain, Capote, and Transamerica. Producers began clamoring to back gay-themed movies and the most high profile of these is Gus Van Sant’s forthcoming Milk, starring Sean Penn as Harvey Milk, the first prominent American political figure to be elected to office on an openly gay ticket back in the 1970s. The book also covers gay filmmakers and actors and their influence within the industry, the most iconic scenes from gay cinema, and the most memorable dialogue from key films.

Table of contents

1 Introduction

2 In the Closet -Pre-60s

3 Victims, Villains and Sissies- The 60s

4 Post-Stonewall Cinema-The 70s

5 The Indie Years – The 80s

7 Life After AIDS -the 90s

8 Hollywood Goes Gay – 2000s

9 Cinem’s Got gay Pride – 2010s

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